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基

jī

foundation

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 其 represents the sound.

Components
其 sound component

其  Sound component

qí

  

its, his, (3p possessive)

土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

Evolution

基 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
基 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
基 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
基 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
基 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

基  

jī

foundation, base; base; foundation; basic; radical (chemistry); (slang) gay

Most common words with 基
Freq.
Word
Meaning

基本

basic

基金

fund

基础

base

基

base

基地

al-Qaeda

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*k(r)ə

ki

jī

base (n.)


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 60.3075% of movies

499th most common character in movies

280th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+57FA

Shuowen

“基，牆始也。从土，其聲。”


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